Beagle 2 Landing Site In 3D

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Keyhole NV is a software application that you download and install. It�s only 4MB, but with a Keyhole subscription (monthly or annual), you can fly through 7+ Terabytes of Earth imagery and data � spinning, rotating, tilting, and zooming. And now you can switch planets and explore Mars as well! Details

London - Dec 17, 2003
As the time for Beagle 2 separation approaches a 3D representation of the landing site is available for download. Keyhole is a revolutionary software product that enables computer users to interact with a 3D model of a planet directly on the own PC.

By hosting imagery and geographic feature data on the Internet, and streaming information out only as requested by the user, Keyhole lets users navigate an enormous database -- over 7 terabytes in size for the Earth version.

Keyhole has many sources for its data, especially satellites for difficult to reach regions.

Keyhole NV is the consumer version designed for NVIDIA graphics cards that lets users interact with a detailed Earth model, and switch to Mars anytime they want.

Users can tilt the view; turn on the terrain to show mountains, canyons, valleys, and other landscape features; overlay roads and feature information; and save locations in Placemarks. Keyhole literally puts a planet in your hands, or at least on your desktop.

Mars gets and X-ray
X-Ray View Of The Red Planet
Paris - Dec 17, 2003 - Another ESA mission is turning its gaze towards Mars. This recent image was taken by the X-ray observatory XMM-Newton. All bodies in our Solar System, including planets such as Earth and Mars, emit X-ray radiation. As far as we know, there are several possible sources of this radiation. One of the main sources is thought to be 'fluorescence emission'.

X-rays from the Sun hit atoms of elements such as oxygen in the atmosphere of the planet, and this radiation is re-emitted as so-called 'characteristic' radiation which identifies those specific elements.

This image from XMM-Newton, recorded as part of a study by Dr K. Dennerl (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany) shows X-ray fluorescence emission from the atmosphere of Mars, mainly from oxygen.

All of these emissions tell us something about the interaction of radiation with the planet's atmosphere and its environment. The study of Mars in X-ray wavelengths brings together the work of two very important ESA missions XMM-Newton and Mars Express.

Both are crucial to our understanding of our nearest planetary neighbour, demonstrating the coherence of the ESA Science programme. X-ray view of Mars. Credits: Courtesy Dr Pedro Rodr�guez Pascual, XMM-Newton SOC, VilSpa, Madrid, Spain.

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Mars Is Just Around The Corner

Paris - Dec 11, 2003
After a journey of 400 million km, ESA's Mars Express is now approaching its final destination. On 19 December, the spacecraft is scheduled to release the Beagle 2 lander it has been carrying since its launch on 2 June.

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